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There’s a guy called Edgar Jones. He used to be in a band called the Stairs back in the Eighties. A mate of mine recommended it. It fucking bent my head, man. It’s probably one of the best records I have ever heard.

What you have presently in front is maybe one of the most eclectic-incendiary discography you are likely to hear from  one musician´s projects

 Formed by Liverpool’s own music legend Edgar Jones  also known as Edgar Summertyme  on bass and  vocal duties,  started with his first team   ‘ The Stairs ‘ , which single  ‘ Weed Bus ‘ and the following album ‘ Mexican R ‘n’ B ‘, went on to become the classics they deserved to be with a wildly eclectic meander through funk, soul, doo wop, r&b , blues, – all with a unique individual twist.

As well,  he  worked with the best :like  Paul Weller, Johnny Marr and Lee Mavers amongst others. and  forming ‘The Big Kids’ who featured two of the future Zutons and Howie Payne of The Stands.Both .

After the demise of ‘ The Stairs ‘ ,  released two superb albums of jazzy, laden  r&b ,  with his fellow Liverpudlian  The Joneses, readying himself for record number three on 2008 this time  billed as Edgar Jones & Friends  and  his  collection, The Masked Marauder , it contains all the hallmarks of Jones’ previous output ,  intricate rhythms, precision playied, extended instrumentals and guttural croons, but Marauder adding a new dimension of electro-freakout cool .

After supporting  to  Oasis on their last tour,  last year he   worked on his album making sure it is just right. beside Nick Miniski on drums  and  Stuart Gimblett on Guitar  under name The Edgar Jones Free Peace Thing, which  sounds loud and heavy with a touch of soul and  was  titled   Stormy Weather.

Past August ,  this real musical chameleon has become , this time as Edgar Summertyme, his real name,   with an  album which  sounds different to his previous releases, but  retaining  that so recognisable voice that  we all love, with a  look forward to the future, with an  album on which already in it’s working with a number of tracks which  left over from ‘Sense Of Harmony’. 

Startling , triumphantly free of creative compromise and without the slightest whiff of commercials  aspirations,   is often said that  Edgar Jone is stuck in the 1960s. and maybe   unfairly more  known because  Noel Gallagher   be consider his Nº 1 fan .

However, once you submit your mind to  his sounds , his songs seems

 more timeless than retro.

Sometimes, the wearethelastbeatniks needles clocks seems  run  to back according to their requests and to improve on my  mood,  make me reminding    to follow back  some artists , leaving  that you to  simply press download  and take it all in again…

Welcome back  to Jones’s weird  world…

   

The Stairs – Weed Bus

Label:Go! Discs 

Format:CD, Single 

Country:UK

Released:1991

Artwork By [Sleeve Design] – Corneilious, D. Maguire

Engineer – Steve Towell

Executive Producer – Alan Duffy

Photography – Richie O’Brien

Producer – Peg Majoly

Written-By – Jones

Tracklist

1 Weed Bus 2:16

2 Take No Notice Of The World Outside 1:46

3 Flying Machine 3:27

4 When It All Goes Wrong 2:05

The Stairs – Mexican R’N’B

Label:Go! Discs 

Format:CD, Album, Mono 

Country:US

Released:1992

Artwork By [Inner Sleeve By] – D. Maguire, Stairs, The

Artwork By [Sleeve Design By] – D. Maguire

Engineer – Steve Powell

Liner Notes – Dr B.G. Hott

Performer – Edgar Summertyme, Ged Lynn, Paul Maguire 

Photography – Ian T. Tilton

Producer – Peg Majoly

Written-By – Jones (tracks: 1 to 14), Lynn (tracks: 4, 13)

Recorded at Avid Studios, Liverpool

London Records U.S.A. 

 1992 Go! Discs Ltd. © 1991 Go! Discs Ltd. Manufactured and Marketed by PolyGram Records, Inc., New York, New York. Printed in U.S.A. 

Tracks 1, 5, 7, & 11   1991 

Tracklist

1 Weed Bus 2:13

2 Mary Joanna 2:38

3 Mr Window Pane 3:47

4 Sometimes The World Escapes Me 4:40

5 Flying Machine 3:25

6 Out In The Country 2:15

7 When It All Goes Wrong 2:04

8 Woman Gone And Say Goodbye 3:19

9 Sweet Thing 2:22

10 Laughter In Their Eyes 4:24

11 Take No Notice Of The World Outside 1:44

12 Mexican R’N’B 0:41

13 Russian R’N’B (The World Shall Not Be Saved) 2:47

14 Right In The Back Of Your Mind 7:21

Stairs, The – Mary Joanna

Label:Go! Discs

Format:CD, Single 

Country:UK

Released:1992

Artwork By [Sleeve Design] – D.Maguire

Engineer – Steve Powell

Photography – Paul Cox

Producer – Peg Majoly

Written-By – Jones (tracks: 1, 2), McDaniel(tracks: 4), Coulter (tracks: 3), Scott(tracks: 3)

Mary Joanna is taken from the album ‘MEXICAN R’N’B’

Tracklist

1 Mary Joanna 2:43

2 Mad Song 2:18

3 I Can Only Give You Everything 2:28

4 Squashed Tomato Stomp 2:27

The Stairs – Right In The Back Of Your Mind

Label:Viper 

Format:CD, Compilation 

Country:UK

Released:06 Jun 2006

Artwork By [Design] – Nonconform

Backing Vocals – Ged Lynn (tracks: 1, 2, 14)

Bass – Edgar ‘Summertyme’ Jones* (tracks: 1 to 10, 12 to 14)

Drums – Paul Maguire (2)

Guitar – Daniel Kierney (tracks: 12 to 14), Edgar ‘Summertyme’ Jones (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 11), Ged Lynn (tracks: 1 to 3, 6, 9, 10, 12 to 14)

Keyboards – Edgar ‘Summertyme’ Jones(tracks: 2 to 4, 7, 8, 10, 14)

Other [Liner Notes] – Bernie Connor

Photography – Neil Reeves

Vocals – Edgar ‘Summertyme’ Jones

Written-By – Edgar Jones (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 8, 10 to 14)

A Compilation of various demos except track 6, which was recorded live at Liverpool Poly 22/10/1992 

Tracklist

1 Weed Bus 2:16

2 Mr. Window Pane 3:31

3 Right In The Back Of Your Mind 5:48

4 Laughter In Their Eyes 3:28

5 Out In The Country 2:10

6 You Don’t Love Me (You Don’t Care) – Live   2:43

7 Piano Track 1:45

8 Happyland 4:46

9 Sometimes The World Escapes Me  :23

10 Fall Down The Rain 3:31

11 Untitled 2:48

12 Stop Messin’ 2:42

13 It Was Alright       3:06

14.1abbage Man       7:08

The Stairs  – Who Is This Is

Label:Viper 

Format:CD, Album 

Country:UK

Released:11 Aug 2008

Artwork By [Design] – Nonconform

Backing Vocals – Carl Cook (2) (tracks: 1 to 4, 8 to 11), Paul Maguire (2) (tracks: 1 to 4, 9, 10)

Bass – Edgar ‘Summertyme’ Jones*

Drums – Paul Maguire (2)

Engineer – Lance*, Steve Powel*

Guitar – Carl Cook (2) (tracks: 1 to 12), Ged Lynn (tracks: 1, 3 to 7, 10 to 14)

Guitar [Occasional] – Edgar ‘Summertyme’ Jones*

Keyboards – Henry Priestman (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 9)

Vocals – Edgar ‘Summertyme’ Jones*

Written-By – Edgar Jones

Recorded In 1992-93 tracks 13 and 14 recorded prior to the album. 

Special thanks to Bernie Connor and Allerton Road Greengrocers

Tracklist

1 Skin Up 2:53

2 She’s So Fine 3:18

3 Saw Her Today 3:13

4 It Was Alright 2:50

5 Gotta Reason 5:01

6 Stop Messin’ 6:28

7 Happyland             5:03

8 Set Me Free 3:56

9 When She Walks Down My Street 2:35

10 Talkin’ To You 2:23

11 Teenage Head Cancer Blues 4:07

12 Untitled 3:54

  Bonus Tracks

13 Love Has Come And Gone Away  4:30

14 Driving Me Out Of My Mind  4:04

 The Big Kids – I’m Bored / Too Much Baby

Label:Heavenly

Format:Vinyl, 7″ 

Country:UK

Released:1999

Tracklist

A1 I’m Bored

B1 Too Much Baby

Edgar ‘Jones’ Jones – Soothing Music For Stray Cats

Label:Viper 

Format:CD, Album 

Country:UK

Released:May 2005

Artwork By – Jenny Dalton

Drums – Grenville “The Griffin” Harrop* (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9 to 13, 15)

Executive Producer – Velvet “Jones” Young

Guitar, Percussion, Vocals – Edgar “Jones” Jones*

Mastered By – Gary Butler

Photography – Dave Evans, Jenny Dalton

Producer – Edgar “Jones” Jones* (tracks: 1 to 14)

Written-By – Edgar “Jones” Jones* (tracks: 1 to 14)

Tracks 1 to 14 recorded at The Mansions, Liverpool. 

Track 15 recorded at The Griffin’s Nest 

Mixed at The Mansions and Grosvenor Palace, Liverpool. 

Track 5 contains an interpolation of “Moonlight Serenade” by Glenn Miller, Lyriccs by Charles Mingus. 

Track 11 contains an interpolation of “Blue Monk” by Thelonious Monk.

Tracklist

1 Soothing Music For Stray Cats        2:36

2 Do Doh Dontcha Doh 2:08

3 What’s Goin’ Down Huny Brown 3:09

4 Hangin’ With Wolf And Bear 1:25

5 Freedom                             1:59

6 Sittin’ On The Fence 4:01

7 More Than You’ve Ever Had             2:16

8 Stubborn Mule Blues               3:54

9 You Know You Can Do It         2:48

10 Catnip                              3:49

11 Tenderly                         3:22

12 Gonna Miss You When You’re Gone   4:22

13 It’s No Good                  3:08

14 Oh Man That’s Some Shit 3:24

15 It’s My Bass                    3:02

Edgar “Jones” Jones* – Gettin’ A Little Help…. From “The Joneses”

Label:Viper 

Format:CD, Album 

Country:UK

Released:30 Jul 2007

Tracklist

1 The Way It Is 2:15

2 We Should Get Together 2:28

3 Necessary Evil 3:25

4 Mellow Down Pussycat 2:44

5 More Than You’ve Ever Had 2:21

6 Need For Lovin’ 2:57

7 Summertyme 4:12

8 (Ain’t Gonna Be Your) Fool No More 2:34

9 You Better Watch Your Back 5:01

10 About Time 3:41

11 She Don’t Know Me (At All!) 3:11

12 Short Prayer For The Emancipation Of The Deserved (Parts 1 & 2) 8:03

Edgar Jones & Friends/ TheMasked Marauder – Love Is The Spark Compassion Is The Fire / You Can’t Trust Anyone These Days

Label:Viper

Format:CD, Album 

Country:UK

Released:17 Mar 2008

Artwork By [Design] – Jen

Engineer [Engineered Badly] – Vince 

Producer – Edgar ‘Jones’ Jones

Title on the spine reads “Love Is The Fire: Compassion Is The Spark…” 

Tracks 12 and 13 are not mentioned on the artwork.

Tracklist

1 HMMM! 4:30

2 All The Things You Are 3:43

3 Maybe Sometimes 3:36

4 Aren’t You Happy? 4:36

5 More Soothing Music For Stray Cats 3:20

6 Sunshine 4:40

7 It’s Great To Be Straight With One Another 4:06

8 Seven Years 3:28

9 Talk About It 4:11

10 The Same 2:43

11 Once There Was A Time 4:06

12 Lil’ Duke Medley 4:06

13 Maybe Sometimes (All the Way) 10:14

The Edgar Jones Free Peace Thing – ‘Stormy Weather’

Label:Viper

Format:CD, Album 

Country:UK

released  September 2011

Tracklist

1 Shake it Loose

2 No Reverse Gear Blues

3 Stormy Weather

4 Statistical Knightmare

5 I don’t need your Roses

6 Big Fanny

7 Good Luvin’

8 Hot Potatoes

9 Warm Salad

10 Bones

Tracklist

Sense of Harmony Part 1

On and On

What’s a Boy to do

Bye & By

Sunday Afternoon

It Can Only be You

I Would Do Anything

What are We Gonna Do?

Beep Beep

Wishing Well

Look no Words

Standing on the Verge of Getting By

Empty Promises

Sense of Harmony Part 2